Industrial relations in twenty-first century Europe

Köhler, Holm‐Detlev

doi:10.1108/er-02-2018-0057

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“…Accordingly, concepts such as job regulation, which theorize how social compromises between employers, employees and the state may become a "positive-sum" bargaining game, were studied. Theoretical frames of reference were also offered with respect to norms and rules which were understood as emerging phenomena required to regulate the relationships between employers and employees at both macro and micro levels [1]. The extent to which employees' participation could be considered a channel for establishing democracy at the workplace was also inserted in the bulk of industrial relations studies in Italy, particularly from a sociological and political science tradition (Regalia, 1992;Baglioni, 1995).…”

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Industrial relations in Italy in the twenty-first century

Pulignano

Carrieri

Baccaro

2018

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the developments which have characterized Italy’s industrial relations from post-war Fordism to neo-liberal hegemony and recent crisis, with a particular focus on the major changes occurred in the twenty-first century, especially those concerning concertative (tripartite) policy making between the government, the employers’ organizations and the trade unions. Design/methodology/approach This study is a conceptual paper which analysis of main development trends. Findings Italy’s industrial relations in the twenty-first century are characterized by ambivalent features which are the heritage of the past. These are summarized as follows: “collective autonomy” as a classical source of strength for trade unions and employers’ organization, on the one hand. On the other hand, a low level of legislative regulation and weak institutionalization, accompanied by little engagement in a generalized “participative-collaborative” model. Due to the instability in the socio-political setting in the twenty-first century, unions and employers encounter growing difficulties to affirm their common points of view and to build up stable institutions that could support cooperation between them. The result is a clear reversal of the assumptions that had formed the classical backdrop of the paradigm of Italy’s “political exchange.” This paradigm has long influenced the way in which the relationships between employers, trade unions and the state were conceived, especially during 1990s and, to some extent, during 2000s, that is the development of concertative (tripartite) policy making. However, since the end of 2000s, and particularly from 2010s onwards national governments have stated their intention to act independently of the choices made by the unions (and partially the employers). The outcome is the eclipse of concertation. The paper explores how the relationships among the main institutional actors such as the trade unions (and among the unions themselves), the employers, and the state and how politics have evolved, within a dynamic socio-political and economic context. These are the essential factors needed to understand Italy’s industrial relations in the twenty-first century. Originality/value It shows that understanding the relationship among the main institutional actors such as the trade unions (and among the unions themselves), the employers and the state and their politics is essential to understand the change occurred in contemporary Italy’s industrial relations.

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Industrial relations in Italy in the twenty-first century

Pulignano

Carrieri

Baccaro

2018

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Modelos para comparação entre Sistemas de Relações de Trabalho de diferentes países: uma discussão sobre a literatura internacional

Carvalho Neto,

Abreu,

Lima

2024

Rev. Eletr. de Ciênc. Adm.

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Embora o campo de estudos em Relações de Trabalho no Brasil tenha nascido junto com a própria ANPAD – Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração -, ainda são, por um lado, muito raras as contribuições relativas aos modelos usados para comparar Sistemas de Relações de Trabalho (SRTs) de diferentes países na literatura brasileira. Por outro lado, modelos para comparar SRTs de diferentes países estão bastante presentes e podem ser considerados tradicionais na literatura internacional de Relações de Trabalho produzida na Europa, EUA, Austrália e, mais recentemente, na Ásia. Este trabalho apresenta a trajetória das teorias dos SRTs e o debate em torno delas, desde os fundadores deste campo nos EUA e Inglaterra até chegar ao modelo VoC – Variedades de Capitalismo, um modelo que vem sendo muito utilizado internacionalmente. A crítica a este modelo VoC, composto inicialmente por duas vertentes, a liberal e a regulada, por ser excessivamente centrado nos países mais industrializados, gerou outras vertentes dentro do VoC, como a denominada Modelo Hierárquico de Capitalismo (HME). Esta vertente HME é aqui entendida como um possível modelo de partida para a análise dos SRTs latino-americanos, dentre eles o brasileiro, ainda que esta variante também tenha sofrido críticas, que, no entendimento deste artigo, não inviabiliza sua utilização.

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Industrial relations in twenty-first century Europe

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Industrial relations in Italy in the twenty-first century

Industrial relations in Italy in the twenty-first century

Modelos para comparação entre Sistemas de Relações de Trabalho de diferentes países: uma discussão sobre a literatura internacional

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